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Panama Jack said:Ooooh. Going to the US is no picnic these days either, beginning with the reception by Customs and Immigration and continuing with the general xenophobia elsewhere.
this is exactly why we need world domination...then there wouldn't be any customs, or TSA pricks asking you if intend to to use your pen as a weapon (was actually asked that in FL
)...plus we could force BBQ, Beer, and Strip Clubs on any other nation that we wanted to...
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I live in Montreal, and let me say I don't know anyone who didn't find the the Conan - Quebec skit funny. You'd laugh at it the same way you'd laugh at a dirty joke. The people that made a big noise were self serving politicians trying to make a name for themselves (politicians are equally troublesome here than in the US). Don't let the noise of a select few represent the nation.
Interestingly, there are more Canucks living in Hollywood/SoCal than in every city in Canada except Montreal and Toronto. To add to uwochris' list (note I don't have a particular liking for anyone):
Paul Anka
Dan Aykroyd
Neve Campbell
John Candy
Dave Foley
Michael J. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Tom Green
Natasha Henstridge
Phil Hartman
Rich Little
Norm Macdonald
Howie Mandel
Mike Myers
Leslie Nielsen
Anna Paquin
Matthew Perry
Keanu Reeves
Paul Shaffer
William Shatner
Frank Shuster
Martin Short
Donald Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Jennifer Tilly
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barenaked Ladies
Celine Dion
Shania Twain
Alanis Morissette
Nickelback
I live in Montreal, and let me say I don't know anyone who didn't find the the Conan - Quebec skit funny. You'd laugh at it the same way you'd laugh at a dirty joke. The people that made a big noise were self serving politicians trying to make a name for themselves (politicians are equally troublesome here than in the US). Don't let the noise of a select few represent the nation.
Interestingly, there are more Canucks living in Hollywood/SoCal than in every city in Canada except Montreal and Toronto. To add to uwochris' list (note I don't have a particular liking for anyone):
Paul Anka
Dan Aykroyd
Neve Campbell
John Candy
Dave Foley
Michael J. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Tom Green
Natasha Henstridge
Phil Hartman
Rich Little
Norm Macdonald
Howie Mandel
Mike Myers
Leslie Nielsen
Anna Paquin
Matthew Perry
Keanu Reeves
Paul Shaffer
William Shatner
Frank Shuster
Martin Short
Donald Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
Jennifer Tilly
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Barenaked Ladies
Celine Dion
Shania Twain
Alanis Morissette
Nickelback
Canada!
Why dump on Canada? We built the Dash 8 aircraft, let's see the PT6 engine on all of your King Airs! The Canada Arm on the Space Shuttle, the province of Alberta has more oil than all of Saudi Arabia, we actually have to study for our Aviation tests(no books to memorize to get 100% like the FAA), our pilots license is highly recognized in the world over the FAA, we drink real beer, we live in the second largest land mass in the world with only 30 million people, we don't have to pre-pay for gasoline at the gas station(because we don't steal it, we pay for it). Maybe terrorists have been found here in Canada, but most of yours are in your flight schools in Florida! The other posts made mention of the famous people from Canada as well, amen to that! In our southern parts of canada we don't have inbreeding! Our cigarettes taste better, and we are allowed to purchase and smoke Cuban cigars! Dump on Canada, but think back to September 11th, there were a lot of planes diverted to our airports, and we were very good hosts!!! One last point, why do american tourists glue or sew canadian flags on their backpacks when they go traveling abroad????? Some patriation, or afraid of getting attacked because of being an american?
I thought this was an aviation site, so why don't you talk about aviation????
Why dump on Canada? We built the Dash 8 aircraft, let's see the PT6 engine on all of your King Airs! The Canada Arm on the Space Shuttle, the province of Alberta has more oil than all of Saudi Arabia, we actually have to study for our Aviation tests(no books to memorize to get 100% like the FAA), our pilots license is highly recognized in the world over the FAA, we drink real beer, we live in the second largest land mass in the world with only 30 million people, we don't have to pre-pay for gasoline at the gas station(because we don't steal it, we pay for it). Maybe terrorists have been found here in Canada, but most of yours are in your flight schools in Florida! The other posts made mention of the famous people from Canada as well, amen to that! In our southern parts of canada we don't have inbreeding! Our cigarettes taste better, and we are allowed to purchase and smoke Cuban cigars! Dump on Canada, but think back to September 11th, there were a lot of planes diverted to our airports, and we were very good hosts!!! One last point, why do american tourists glue or sew canadian flags on their backpacks when they go traveling abroad????? Some patriation, or afraid of getting attacked because of being an american?
I thought this was an aviation site, so why don't you talk about aviation????
Well put realbeer!!!! As a Canuck myself I've worked and payed taxes in the US for almost 30 years and have served as a civilian pilot in the Gulf war and presently risking my life hauling stuff to the gulf for the US Military and the troops. I resent the crap this idiot Fly2scuba says who posted this thread . Maybe when he grows up (and builds some hours) he could join American Airlines and preach the Bible on his first day because, thats about how long he will last in this buisiness. Oh wait a minute, How stupid of me ...American wouldnt hire an A-Hole like that...or would they?
As a Canuck myself I've worked and payed taxes in the US for almost 30 years and have served as a civilian pilot in the Gulf war and presently risking my life hauling stuff to the gulf for the US Military and the troops. I resent the crap this idiot Fly2scuba says who posted this thread . Maybe when he grows up (and builds some hours) he could join American Airlines and preach the Bible on his first day because, thats about how long he will last in this buisiness. Oh wait a minute, How stupid of me ...American wouldnt hire an A-Hole like that...or would they?
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I find it interesting to see that "fly2scuba" hasn't been back to defend himself or any of his (ridiculous) points he tried to make, possilby just tried to start sh!t? yeah, i think so. Personally i will never move to the USA but not because of the people, it's more to do with the fact that there is no (free) health care, there is way more crime, and the beer gives me the sh!ts. I go to NASCAR every year in Michigan, camp there all weekend, and i must say i have met some kick ass people...they like to party and have a good time just as much as we do. It's just to bad there are retards out there like "fly2scuba" who mis-represent your country.
Bye the way tit-monkey (yes that's you "fly2scuba"), it's "eh" not "aye"......and another thing, i'm pretty sure $250 doesn't get you a citizenship, your FA was probably as smart as you are, who do you guys work for anyways? Retard Air? take your head out of your ass and quit making yourself look stupid.
Bye the way tit-monkey (yes that's you "fly2scuba"), it's "eh" not "aye"......and another thing, i'm pretty sure $250 doesn't get you a citizenship, your FA was probably as smart as you are, who do you guys work for anyways? Retard Air? take your head out of your ass and quit making yourself look stupid.
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lighten up Francises
Geez iamacunuck and nosewheel, your sense of humors seems to be seriously lacking. You must be part of that politically correct crowd that's as sensitive as a Soccer Mom. My advice, don't ever watch a show like "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" or listen to a radio comedy morning show. In fact forgo all communication; it's the ultimate issurance policy against offensive material. Most importantly, never ever watch "South Park - The Movie"; you might have the mother of all mental breakdowns. By the way, I posted originally with a few beers in my system and the tone of the post was meant to be humorous, you should try drinking a few yourself. Just like that American Airlines pilot, I'll be praying for God to bestow some humor into you. I realize as you go farther north in the hemisphere, there's less daylight, but please find a way to lighten up. You want rip on the United States, go ahead, but don't put it in an Al Gore tone and Gore us...I mean bore us to death. Then once were all on the same page on the taking it seriously scale, I'll buy you a Sam Adams, and you can buy me a Labatt Blue and we'll proactively figure out a way to improve each other's countries .
Geez iamacunuck and nosewheel, your sense of humors seems to be seriously lacking. You must be part of that politically correct crowd that's as sensitive as a Soccer Mom. My advice, don't ever watch a show like "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" or listen to a radio comedy morning show. In fact forgo all communication; it's the ultimate issurance policy against offensive material. Most importantly, never ever watch "South Park - The Movie"; you might have the mother of all mental breakdowns. By the way, I posted originally with a few beers in my system and the tone of the post was meant to be humorous, you should try drinking a few yourself. Just like that American Airlines pilot, I'll be praying for God to bestow some humor into you. I realize as you go farther north in the hemisphere, there's less daylight, but please find a way to lighten up. You want rip on the United States, go ahead, but don't put it in an Al Gore tone and Gore us...I mean bore us to death. Then once were all on the same page on the taking it seriously scale, I'll buy you a Sam Adams, and you can buy me a Labatt Blue and we'll proactively figure out a way to improve each other's countries .
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And on a serious tone...
This editiorial was written by Canadian Gordon Sinclair back in 1973 and its content still spreads today.
Good reading, from a Toronto newspaper's editorial page!
Widespread, but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon — not once, but several times - and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the American who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**ed tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those.
This editiorial was written by Canadian Gordon Sinclair back in 1973 and its content still spreads today.
Good reading, from a Toronto newspaper's editorial page!
Widespread, but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon — not once, but several times - and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the American who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**ed tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those.
FLY2Scuba
I have a great sense of humor, I fly a 747 freighter around the world with little or no sleep for 18 days a month straight with mostly US crews.We also have crewmembers from other parts of the world including the middle east, Pakistan and Europe.Working 20-30 hrs duty days takes extreme Humor and most of the time we have alot of fun doing our jobs. We sometimes have a different crew every trip or the same crew for the entire time. They all know I'm a Canuck and kid me all the time and we have great fun doing it. 99% of them dont give a rats ass if I'm Canadian as long as we all do our jobs and stay alive.Your post rubbed me the wrong way, thats all. I do silly things too when I've had a few beers but posting on this forum when you have had a few to many and discussing your political veiw's may not be the right thing to do. I accept your vague apology if thats what is was.
I have a great sense of humor, I fly a 747 freighter around the world with little or no sleep for 18 days a month straight with mostly US crews.We also have crewmembers from other parts of the world including the middle east, Pakistan and Europe.Working 20-30 hrs duty days takes extreme Humor and most of the time we have alot of fun doing our jobs. We sometimes have a different crew every trip or the same crew for the entire time. They all know I'm a Canuck and kid me all the time and we have great fun doing it. 99% of them dont give a rats ass if I'm Canadian as long as we all do our jobs and stay alive.Your post rubbed me the wrong way, thats all. I do silly things too when I've had a few beers but posting on this forum when you have had a few to many and discussing your political veiw's may not be the right thing to do. I accept your vague apology if thats what is was.
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Cowboy McLoskey
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In a train car there was a Canadian, an American,
a spectacular
looking blonde and a frightfully awful looking
fat lady.
After several minutes of the trip, the train
happens to pass
through a dark tunnel and the unmistakable sound
of a slap is heard.
When they leave the tunnel,the American had a big
red slap mark on his cheek.
>1) The blonde thought - "That American son of a
bitch wanted to
touch me and by mistake, he must have put his
hand on the fat
lady, who in turn must have slapped his face."
>2) The fat lady thought - "That dirty old
American laid his hands
on the blonde and she smacked him."
>3) The American thought - "That dumb Canadian put
his hand on that
blonde and by mistake she slapped me."
>4) The Canadian thought - "I hope there is
another tunnel soon so
I can smack that stupid **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**in' American again."
........ I AM Canadian.............
a spectacular
looking blonde and a frightfully awful looking
fat lady.
After several minutes of the trip, the train
happens to pass
through a dark tunnel and the unmistakable sound
of a slap is heard.
When they leave the tunnel,the American had a big
red slap mark on his cheek.
>1) The blonde thought - "That American son of a
bitch wanted to
touch me and by mistake, he must have put his
hand on the fat
lady, who in turn must have slapped his face."
>2) The fat lady thought - "That dirty old
American laid his hands
on the blonde and she smacked him."
>3) The American thought - "That dumb Canadian put
his hand on that
blonde and by mistake she slapped me."
>4) The Canadian thought - "I hope there is
another tunnel soon so
I can smack that stupid **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**in' American again."
........ I AM Canadian.............
Cat Driver
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It does not take much to get some people all worked up.
Canada and the USA to all intents and purposes are already one country.
The regional differences are their main differences. Our politicians are every bit as crooked as yours and can in fact steal more on a percentage of GNP than the Americans.
I also fly the world and no longer think or judge individualy by what nationality they are.
And last but not least anyone who thinks having a Canadian maple leaf on their clothes or luggage is going to work in your favour just told me they really have not been very many places.
Cat Driver
Canada and the USA to all intents and purposes are already one country.
The regional differences are their main differences. Our politicians are every bit as crooked as yours and can in fact steal more on a percentage of GNP than the Americans.
I also fly the world and no longer think or judge individualy by what nationality they are.
And last but not least anyone who thinks having a Canadian maple leaf on their clothes or luggage is going to work in your favour just told me they really have not been very many places.
Cat Driver
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"And last but not least anyone who thinks having a Canadian maple leaf on their clothes or luggage is going to work in your favour just told me they really have not been very many places."
Come on. You know it's not the Maple Leaf that does the trick. It's the Tim Horton's mug you use for every liquid intake!
Granted, I think you can only pull off the Maple Leaf sticker/badge if you do the student/aimless traveller thing. As a professional, I doubt it has the same effect. Don't know for sure though, haven't done the latter.
Come on. You know it's not the Maple Leaf that does the trick. It's the Tim Horton's mug you use for every liquid intake!
Granted, I think you can only pull off the Maple Leaf sticker/badge if you do the student/aimless traveller thing. As a professional, I doubt it has the same effect. Don't know for sure though, haven't done the latter.
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Crizz
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Re: FLY2Scuba
Dude sounds like your life sucks. Dont bag on Scuba, he's standup. Just a bit of tongue and cheek.
Oh, about political discussion on flightinfo... have you been under a rock?
nosewheel said:I have a great sense of humor, I fly a 747 freighter around the world with little or no sleep for 18 days a month straight with mostly US crews.We also have crewmembers from other parts of the world including the middle east, Pakistan and Europe.Working 20-30 hrs duty days takes extreme Humor and most of the time we have alot of fun doing our jobs. We sometimes have a different crew every trip or the same crew for the entire time. They all know I'm a Canuck and kid me all the time and we have great fun doing it. 99% of them dont give a rats ass if I'm Canadian as long as we all do our jobs and stay alive.Your post rubbed me the wrong way, thats all. I do silly things too when I've had a few beers but posting on this forum when you have had a few to many and discussing your political veiw's may not be the right thing to do. I accept your vague apology if thats what is was.
Dude sounds like your life sucks. Dont bag on Scuba, he's standup. Just a bit of tongue and cheek.
Oh, about political discussion on flightinfo... have you been under a rock?
flyifrvfr
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I got 20 out of 20 and at the end it said if I'm an american, the only way I could get that score is by memorizing the answers. I did the test as other than american and scored 20 again, this time it said I was an intellectual giant. Go figure.
By the way has anyone ever seen the movie" Canadian Bacon?"
Very funny movie.
By the way has anyone ever seen the movie" Canadian Bacon?"
Very funny movie.
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